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One thing I agree with Lynne Abraham about
Submitted by Ray Murphy on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 3:17pm.
I don't like the low conviction rate of the DA's office, nor do I like that Philadelphia's DA is also known as "America's deadliest DA" for the frequency with which she seeks the death penalty, and I really wish the DA's office would get more aggressive about going after illegal arms dealers, but...
...you have to agree that a standing rib roast is a great holiday treat.
Get Abraham's recipe in this Inky article. Here's how she describes it:
Abraham's standing order varies from four ribs, or about 10½ pounds, to two 5-rib roasts. Her dinner party, which is held between Christmas and New Year's Day, customarily has 10 diners, but some years she has a few more guests at the table.
Abraham doesn't believe in appetizers because they take the edge off appetites. Instead, she starts her meal with a first course of a very French sole mousse with tomato-cream sauce. She serves it with crisp white wine.
She says the dish is somewhat of "a pain to make, but I fell in love with it." She credits the recipe to Craig Claiborne, the late food critic, chef and writer, with Pierre Franey, published in a 1989 New York Times article headlined "How to Cook the Perfect Meal."
Happy hoildays!
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Now that's some hard hitting journalism
And like Lynn, I don't believe in appetizers.
That is, unless they taste good and someone offers them to me.
Paging Lynne Abraham: Ray
Paging Lynne Abraham: Ray wants some roast.
I hereby demand that Lynne invite Ray and Joel over for a little roast. That piece of meat looks plenty big for a couple extra settings. Come on, Abraham, don't be selfish.
I'm more Italian than Irish
Don't tell Jen, but I'm not much of a "Murphy."
Food always wins me over--c'mon Ms. Abraham, invite me over and I will do whatever you want.
Support you for AG? Sure, pass the gravy?
Help elect Darnell Jones after you retire early to screw Seth? No problem, are there any potatoes?
Am I in favor of the death penalty? I could be if you got some ravioli!
Cheesesteaks wit
Now I know why I lost, after all of those years ordering cheesesteaks with wiz,and onions and washing it down with Hawaiian Punch, or making steak-ums after school...I don't even know what French Sole Moussse is and who knew it is best washed down with a crisp white wine.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
— Margaret Mead
Seth
And see? Even your support
And see? Even your support among the progressive blogosphere evaporates in the delicious vapor of hot, hot meat.
Next time, you should open a cart next to City Hall and serve those cheesesteaks up. After all, that's how John Street was elected to City Council in 1979.
It gives a whole new meaning to "sitting down at the table." Lynne Abraham should cater the upcoming labor negotiations.
I have to say..
the first thing that I thought when I saw this article in the paper was, isn't Lynne Abraham the ONE female elected official in Philadelphia who doesn't have to do the femininity thing? What's next, her chocolate chip cookie recipe a la Hillary in '92?
Try to imagine a similar article about the holiday cooking habits of any of our male elected leaders.